offensive vs foul
foul vs offensiveoffensive and foul both are nouns.
offensive and foul both are adjectives.
offensive is not a verb while foul is a verb.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| offensive | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| foul | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| offensive (noun) | foul (noun) |
|---|---|
| the action of attacking an enemy | an act that violates the rules of a sport |
| offensive (adjective) | foul (adjective) |
|---|---|
| unpleasant or disgusting especially to the senses | (of a baseball) not hit between the foul lines |
| causing anger or annoyance | disgustingly dirty; filled or smeared with offensive matter |
| for the purpose of attack rather than defense | characterized by obscenity |
| morally offensive | (of a manuscript) defaced with changes |
| violating or tending to violate or offend against | offensively malodorous |
| causing or able to cause nausea | highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust |
| especially of a ship's lines etc | |
| violating accepted standards or rules |
| offensive (verb) | foul (verb) |
|---|---|
| become soiled and dirty | |
| make unclean | |
| spot, stain, or pollute | |
| make impure | |
| commit a foul; break the rules | |
| hit a foul ball | |
| become or cause to become obstructed |
Words related to "offensive"
- abhorrent
- abusive
- aggressive
- antipersonnel
- assaultive
- attacking
- charnel
- counteroffensive
- creepy
- defensive
- detestable
- dirty war
- disgustful
- disgusting
- disrespectful
- distasteful
- distastefulness
- evil
- foul
- ghastly
- ghoulish
- harmful
- hateful
- hideous
- hit-and-run
- horrid
- horrific
- hostile
- incursive
- inoffensive
- invading
- invasive
- loathly
- loathsome
- marauding
- military operation
- morbid
- nauseating
- nauseous
- noisome
- objectionable
- obnoxious
- obscene
- odiousness
- offence
- offend
- offending
- offense
- offensiveness
- on the offensive
- operation
- opprobrious
- outrageous
- predatory
- push back
- queasy
- raiding
- rank
- repellant
- repellent
- repelling
- repugnant
- repulsive
- revolting
- rollback
- scrimy
- scurrilous
- sepulchral
- sickening
- skanky
- tip-and-run
- unpalatable
- unpleasant
- unsavory
- unsavoury
- unwholesome
- verminous
- vile
- violative
- wicked
- yucky
Words related to "foul"
- afoul
- athletics
- attaint
- back up
- ball
- baseball
- baseball game
- befoul
- begrime
- bemire
- block
- change
- cheating
- choke
- choke off
- choke up
- clog
- clog up
- close up
- colly
- congest
- contaminate
- crap up
- cruddy
- defile
- depreciation
- derogation
- dirty
- disgrace
- disgustful
- disgusting
- dishonor
- dishonour
- disparagement
- distasteful
- fair
- fetid
- filthy
- foetid
- foul ball
- foul out
- foul-smelling
- fouled
- foulness
- funky
- grime
- gum up
- hack
- hit
- ill-scented
- ill-smelling
- illegible
- impede
- infect
- infringement
- jam
- loathly
- loathsome
- lug
- maculate
- malodorous
- malodourous
- marked-up
- nasty
- noisome
- obstruct
- obturate
- occlude
- offensive
- out-of-bounds
- personal foul
- play
- pollute
- repellant
- repellent
- repelling
- revolting
- sex
- sex activity
- sexual activity
- sexual practice
- shame
- silt
- silt up
- skanky
- smelly
- smutty
- soil
- soiled
- sport
- stinking
- stinky
- stuff
- taint
- tangled
- technical
- technical foul
- unclean
- unfair
- unjust
- unpleasant-smelling
- unsporting
- unsportsmanlike
- violation
- wicked
- yucky
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